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Sunderland 2-1 Crystal Palace - May 17, 2004 / Championship Play-Off 2004

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Championship Play-Off 2004 - Semi-finals

Stadium of Light - Sunderland - England

May 17, 2004

34 536

Sunderland

2 - 1

Crystal Palace

Kevin Kyle

42'

Marcus Stewart

45'

90'

Darren Powell

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42' - Goal Kevin Kyle42

45' - Goal Marcus Stewart45

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58' - Substitution Aki Riihilahtiis substituted by Shaun Derry

61' - Substitution Danny Butterfieldis substituted by Dougie Freedman

69' - Substitution Sean Thorntonis substituted by Carl Robinson69

72' - Substitution Danny Granvilleis substituted by Darren Powell

84' - Substitution Marcus Stewartis substituted by Tommy Smith84

86' - Red card Julian Gray

90' - Goal Darren Powell

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105' - Substitution Joachim Björklundis substituted by Darren Williams105

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Sunderland

2 - 1

Crystal Palace

Sunderland Crystal Palace

Team line-ups

Sunderland

Poom

Mart Poom

Estonia

B.date03/02/1972

Age32 years

H1m96

positionGoalkeeper

Björklund105

Joachim Björklund

Sweden

B.date15/03/1971

Age33 years

positionRight central defender

Breen

Gary Breen

Republic of Ireland

B.date12/12/1973

Age30 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Babb

Phil Babb

Republic of Ireland

B.date30/11/1970

Age33 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

McAteer

Jason McAteer

Republic of Ireland

B.date18/06/1971

Age32 years

H1m80

positionVersatile Defender

McCartney

George McCartney

Northern Ireland

B.date29/04/1981

Age23 years

H1m83

positionLeft full-back

Whitley

Jeff Whitley

Northern Ireland

B.date28/01/1979

Age25 years

H1m73

positionDefensive Midfielder

Thornton69

Sean Thornton

Republic of Ireland

B.date18/05/1983

Age20 years

H1m79

positionCentre Midfield

Oster

John Oster

Wales

B.date08/12/1978

Age25 years

H1m73

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Stewart4584

Marcus Stewart

England

B.date07/11/1972

Age31 years

H1m78

positionStriker

Kyle42

Kevin Kyle

Scotland

B.date07/06/1981

Age22 years

H1m91

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Mart Poom		32	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Joachim Björklund	105	33	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Breen		30	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Phil Babb		33	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jason McAteer		32	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	George McCartney		23	106	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jeff Whitley		25	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sean Thornton	69	20	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Oster		25	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Marcus Stewart	4584	31	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kevin Kyle	42	22	86	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Crystal Palace

Vaesen

Nico Vaesen

Belgium

B.date28/09/1969

Age34 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

Popovic

Tony Popovic

Australia

B.date04/07/1973

Age30 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

Granville72

Danny Granville

England

B.date19/01/1975

Age29 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

Butterfield61

Danny Butterfield

England

B.date21/11/1979

Age24 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Riihilahti58

Aki Riihilahti

Finland

B.date09/09/1976

Age27 years

H1m85

positionDefensive Midfielder

Hughes

Michael Hughes

Northern Ireland

B.date02/08/1971

Age32 years

H1m70

positionCentre Midfield

Gray86

Julian Gray

England

B.date21/09/1979

Age24 years

H1m85

positionLeft Midfielder

Leigertwood

Mikele Leigertwood

Antigua and Barbuda

B.date12/11/1982

Age21 years

H1m88

positionRight central midfielder

Routledge

Wayne Routledge

England

B.date07/01/1985

Age19 years

H1m70

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Johnson

Andy Johnson

England

B.date10/02/1981

Age23 years

H1m70

positionStriker

Shipperley

Neil Shipperley

England

B.date30/10/1974

Age29 years

H1m78

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Nico Vaesen		34	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony Popovic		30	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Danny Granville	72	29	84	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Danny Butterfield	61	24	107	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Aki Riihilahti	58	27	116	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Hughes		32	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Julian Gray	86	24	122	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mikele Leigertwood		21	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Wayne Routledge		19	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Andy Johnson		23	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Neil Shipperley		29	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Darren Williams	105	27	176	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tommy Smith	84	23	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Carl Robinson	69	27	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Darren Powell	9072	28	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Shaun Derry	58	26	88	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dougie Freedman	61	29	137	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Sean Thornton

Carl Robinson

OUT

Joachim Björklund

Darren Williams

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Mick McCarthy

Success rate in this team:

43 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

39 %

McCarthy vs Crystal Palace

4 victories

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on May 17, 2004

McCarthy vs Dowie

1 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on May 17, 2004

Manager

Age

Match num

Iain Dowie

Success rate in this team:

60 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Dowie vs Sunderland

2 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on May 17, 2004

Dowie vs McCarthy

2 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on May 17, 2004

Referee

David Pugh

2 victories	0 draw	1 loss	Sunderland3 matches	General total	Crystal Palace4 matches	2 victories	0 draw	2 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Sunderland1 match	Season total	Crystal Palace1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on May 17, 2004					Latest figure on May 17, 2004

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Key figures

It's the first time Darren Powell scores 1 goal vs in his professional career

Crystal Palace keeps its 3 matches with at least 2 goals conceded away from home running (since 24/04/2004).

It's the first time Darren Powell scores 1 goal in Championship Play-Off

Read the next 12 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VSunderland 2-1 Gillingham23/03/2004

VSunderland 2-1 Derby County27/03/2004

VSunderland 3-0 Sheffield United09/04/2004

LSunderland 0-1 West Bromwich Albion18/04/2004

DSunderland 1-1 Crewe Alexandra01/05/2004

VSunderland 1-0 Norwich City04/05/2004

Overall

LCrystal Palace 3-0 Sunderland21/04/2004

DWigan 0-0 Sunderland24/04/2004

DSunderland 1-1 Crewe Alexandra01/05/2004

VSunderland 1-0 Norwich City04/05/2004

VBurnley 1-2 Sunderland09/05/2004

LCrystal Palace 3-2 Sunderland14/05/2004

Current form

Away

LNottingham Forest 3-2 Crystal Palace13/03/2004

LWest Bromwich Albion 2-0 Crystal Palace27/03/2004

VRotherham United 1-2 Crystal Palace06/04/2004

VCardiff City 0-2 Crystal Palace10/04/2004

VCrewe Alexandra 2-3 Crystal Palace24/04/2004

LCoventry 2-1 Crystal Palace09/05/2004

Overall

DCrystal Palace 1-1 Wigan17/04/2004

VCrystal Palace 3-0 Sunderland21/04/2004

VCrewe Alexandra 2-3 Crystal Palace24/04/2004

VCrystal Palace 1-0 Walsall01/05/2004

LCoventry 2-1 Crystal Palace09/05/2004

VCrystal Palace 3-2 Sunderland14/05/2004

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	2	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	2	4
Conceding streak	0	2
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	16	5
Scoring streak	4	9
Conceding streak	2	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

1	Number of games (Competition total)	1
0	Number of games (Home / Away)	0
0	Victories (Competition total)	1
0	Victories (Home / Away)	0
0	Draws (Competition total)	0
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
1	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

2	Goals scored (Competition total)	3
0	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
3	Goals conceded (Competition total)	2
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
2	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	3
0	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
3	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	2
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	1
0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	0
0	Clean sheets (Competition total)	0
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
1	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	1
0	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	0
0	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0

Bookings

4	Yellow cards (Competition total)	2
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Kevin Kyle	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Danny Butterfield
Marcus Stewart	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Kevin Kyle	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Danny Butterfield

Historical head to head

Home

17 matches

8 v

6 d

3 l

15 gf

9 ga

Away

17 matches

3 v

4 d

10 l

14 gf

26 ga

Total

34 matches

11 v

10 d

13 l

29 gf

35 ga

Historical head to head

Home

17 matches

10 v

4 d

3 l

26 gf

14 ga

Away

17 matches

3 v

6 d

8 l

9 gf

15 ga

Total

34 matches

13 v

10 d

11 l

35 gf

29 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 2	January 17, 2001
Home	2 - 0	December 15, 1998

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	April 21, 2004
Away	1 - 0	November 10, 1981

Latest head to head

May 14, 2004 - Barrages Premier League 2004

Crystal Palace

3 - 2

Sunderland logo Sunderland

April 21, 2004 - First Division 2003/2004

Crystal Palace

3 - 0

Sunderland logo Sunderland

September 13, 2003 - First Division 2003/2004

Sunderland

2 - 1

Crystal Palace logo Crystal Palace

January 17, 2001 - FA Cup 2000/2001

Crystal Palace

2 - 4

Sunderland logo Sunderland

January 06, 2001 - FA Cup 2000/2001

Sunderland

0 - 0

Crystal Palace logo Crystal Palace

Best historical scorers against Crystal Palace

Marcus Stewart	2 goals	2003 - 2004
David Rush	2 goals	1990 - 1991
Kevin Kyle	2 goals	2003 - 2004
Kevin Phillips	2 goals	2001 - 2001
Kieron Brady	1 goal	1991 - 1991
Gary Rowell	1 goal	1980 - 1980

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/08/1969. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Sunderland

Andy Johnson	3 goals	2003 - 2004
Neil Shipperley	2 goals	2004 - 2004
Clinton Morrison	2 goals	2000 - 2001
Mikael Forssell	1 goal	2000 - 2000
Danny Butterfield	1 goal	2004 - 2004
Mark Bright	1 goal	1990 - 1990

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/08/1969. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Crystal Palace

Darren Williams	6 matches	2000 - 2004
John Oster	5 matches	2000 - 2004
Gavin McCann	3 matches	2000 - 2001
Kevin Kyle	3 matches	2003 - 2004
Danny Dichio	3 matches	2000 - 2001
Mart Poom	3 matches	2003 - 2004

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/08/1969. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Sunderland

Hayden Mullins	4 matches	2000 - 2003
Jamie Smith	3 matches	2000 - 2003
Tommy Black	3 matches	2000 - 2004
Aleksandrs Kolinko	3 matches	2000 - 2001
Shaun Derry	3 matches	2003 - 2004
Dougie Freedman	3 matches	2001 - 2004